Livadi is a town and a former municipality

Communities and Municipalities of Greece

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 in the Larissa regional unit, Thessaly

Thessaly

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, Greece

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Elassona

Elassona

Elassona is a town and a municipality in the Larissa peripheral unit in Greece. During antiquity Elassona was called Oloosson - Ὀλοοσσών and was a town of the ancient "Perrhaebi", known today as Thessaly. It is situated at the foot of Mount Olympus...

, of which it is a municipal unit. Population 3,187 (2001). It borders the Pieria regional unit to the northeast, and the Kozani regional unit to the northwest. The municipality was created under the 1997 Kapodistrias Law by merging Livadi and Dolichi. Livadi is located west of Pythio

Pythio

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 and Katerini

Katerini

Katerini is a town in Central Macedonia, Greece, the capital of Pieria regional unit. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mt. Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, at an altitude of 14 m. The town, which is one of the newest in Greece, has a population of 83,764...

, NNW of Larissa

Larissa

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, north of Elassona

Elassona

Elassona is a town and a municipality in the Larissa peripheral unit in Greece. During antiquity Elassona was called Oloosson - Ὀλοοσσών and was a town of the ancient "Perrhaebi", known today as Thessaly. It is situated at the foot of Mount Olympus...

 and southeast of Kozani

Kozani

Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of West Macedonia region. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley...

.

Notable people

• Giorgakis Olympios
  Giorgakis Olympios
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   (1772-1821), fighter in the Greek War of Independence
  Greek War of Independence
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Subdivisions

The municipal unit Livadi is subdivided into the following communities:

• Dolichi
• Livadi

Population

Year	Village population	Municipality population
1991	3,164	-
1991	2,882	-
2001	2,714	3,187

External links

• Evrymenes on GTP Travel Pages
• The Official Website of the Municipality of Evrymenes